Foot-warmer attachment for radiators.



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FOOT WARMER ATTACHMENT FOR RADIATORS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24,1916.

Patented May 29, 1917.

v l/VI/E/VTOR ELMER J. FUNK ,4 TTOR/VE Y ELMER J. FUNK, on'KA'NsAs'cr'rY, MISSOURI.

FOOT-WARMER ATTACHMENT FOR nADIA'roRs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented May 29, 1917.

Application filed April 24, 1916. Serial No. 93,065.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMnn J. FUNK, a citizen of the United States, and residing in Kansas 'City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Foot-Warmer Attachment for Radiators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to foot Warmerat tachments for radiators of the class which are portable and adapted for suspending from the radiator connected in hot water and steam heating systems.

The object of my invention is first to provide a cheap, durable and portable foot warmer which may be attached to radiators and to provide dependable means for movably suspending the foot warmer thereon.

I attain these and other objects by the device and construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention in operative position and suspended from' a radiator;

Fig.2 is a plan view of the plate from which the foot warmer is formed;

Fig.3 is a rear elevation of the foot warmer, the attaching means being omitted;

Fig. 4 is a viewof the supporting mem ber inoperative position on the radiator;

Fig. 5' is a side elevation of the foot warmer and showing the rotatable brace for adjusting the angle of inclination of the device, and

Fig. 6 is a cross section through the supporting member and sectional view of a fragment of the upper end of the foot warmer, showing the latter in operative position on the former, taken on the line V-'V, in Fig. 1. V

Similar reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings-1 indicates an oblong metal plate, preferably steel, of a thickness adapted for bending and forming to shape. A recess 2, is formed in the upper end portion of the plate and the sides of the lower end portion are cut away inwardly to provide opportunity for folding the parts of the foot warmer when the plate is properly bent to form, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. A series of longitudinally extending slots 4, are apertured in the intermediate portion of the plate for the purpose of permitting the passage therethrough of the heated air radiating from the radiator. The

slots 4, are formed by an incision in the plate at three sides, and the cut away section of metal is bent 'backwardly over and on the'back of the plate at right angles thereto thus formin the an le section 5 between the slots, thereby adding strength and rigidity to the foot warmer. Inverted vU-shapedincisions are made in the upper portion of the plate, adjacent its opposite sides, and the metal thus cut away is bent backward at an angle of about forty five de- 'grces to form combined guides and limiting stops6, for a purpose that w1ll be here- 'mafter fully explained.

and the flange 8, shall be brought in opposition to the stops 6, but spaced apart therefrom a little distance, thus forming a hookshaped neck adapted-for'engaging a supporting member hereinafter described. The plate is'then benttransve'rsely forward on the dotted line 10, substantially at right angles to the front of the plate, thereby forminga foot portion 11, and a heel support 12, adapted to receive and support the feet when the individual is seated. The reduced portion of the lower end of the plate is rolled backward to form a tubular seat 18, for the inturned terminals 14, of a flexed rod 15, adapted to bear on the radiator and 'hold the foot'warmer at any desired angle of inclination and forming a support 16. A supportmg member 17, is made of a strip of metal similar to the metal'in the plate 1,

and its opposite end portions are bent at right angles and the greater portion of the angled portion is bent parallel with the body of the strip, thereby forming oppositely disposed inturned supporting arms 18. An aperture is formed centrally in the body of the strip and is adapted to receive a screw bolt 19, the head of which is provided with wings 20, adapted for the convenient turning of the screw and to facilitate the attaching of the supporting member to the radiator. An angle iron 21, is movably mountoperation the angle iron 21, on the screw boltis held in vertical position until it has been passed through the space between the radiator sections, when it is positioned horizontally and lodged against the back of the radiator and the screw bolt is turned to draw the angle iron tightly against the radiator, thereby attaching the supporting memher to the radiator in operative position. The foot warmer is then suspended from the inturned arms 18, and the support 16, is then rotated backwardly against the radiator and raised or lowered to bring the foot warmer to the desired inclination. The slotted apertures 4, permit the heated air radiating from the radiator to strike the feet resting on the heel portion 12. A supporting member may be attached to each radiator in the system and the foot warmer may be carried from room to room and attached to the selected radiator. The rotatable support '16, may be rotated upward to and against the back of the foot portion 11, by reason of the cut away portion at the opposite sides of the heel portion 12, thus folding the foot warmer in a compact package while suspended from the radiator.

The pressure of the feet resting on the heel portion brings the pivoted ends of the support 16, to bear against the lower side of the cut away portion at the angle between the foot and heel portions, thus forcing the bent portion of the support to contact the radiator at an angle, thereby'inclining the foot warmer forward in a restful position for the feet, in which position the heated air radiating from the radiator is induced to rise through the slotted apertures in the foot portion.

When it is desired to remove the foot-- warmer from the supporting member it is swung forward a distance, so that the arms 18, shall bein position to pass between the ends of the stops 6, and the edge of the flanges 8, when it is lifted vertically from the supporting member. This provision makes the foot warmer portable, and it may beattached and detached at will, and stored.

Then the foot warmer is in operative position on the radiator, the flanges S, will be positioned below the lower edges of the arms 18, of the supporting member, and the stops 6, will be positioned in front of the face of the same, so that if the foot warmer shall be pushed back by undue pressure of the feet, or by shock, the stops 6, will arrest the movement by striking the front face of the supporting arms, thereby preventing the collapse of the foot warmer. If there should be vertical movement of the foot warmer,

the flanges 8, will engagethe lower edges of the supporting arms, thereby limiting such movement.

Having fully described my invention, 1 claim In a foot warmer attachment for radiators, the combination, of a supporting member comprising a bar having its end portions bent forwardly 'and then inwardly paralleling the bar to form opposed spaced arms and attaching means mounted on the bar between the terminal ends of said arms, a foot rest member comprising a shelf portion having its end portions cut away and its front turned under to form pivot bearings, the back portion of the shelf being provided with rearwardly and downwardly extending spaced apart integral hooks supportingly engaged by the arms on the supporting member, the terminal end portions of said hooks being bent inwardly to form stops below said arms, and with rearwardly inclined spaced apart integral stops presented to the front side of said arms and opposed to said hooks, said back portion of the shelf being partially severed at intervals'and the out portions bent rearwardly to provide air passages and form ribs at the borders of the passages, and a brace pivotally mounted'on said foot rest member and adapted to bear on a radiator rearwardly' of the foot rest and supportingly engage the cut away portion of said shelf portion. 7

Dated Kansas City, Mo, April 14th, 1916.

ELMER J. FUNK. Witnesses:

Mrs. E. J. FUNK, FRANCIS BURT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

